Pyrophoric lighter with flint storage magazine



A. MOSCH 2,825,216 PYROPHORIC LIGHTER WITH FLINT STORAGE MAGAZINE I March 4, 1958 Filed Jan. 25

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United States Patent PYROPl-IORIC LIGHTER WITH FLINT STORAGE MAGAZINE Alfred Mosch, Jackson Heights, N. Y.

Application January 25, 1956, Serial No. 561,273

6 Claims. (Cl. 677.1)

The present invention relates to pyrophoric lighters in which a flint and abradant wheel are used to produce a spark to ignite fuel which is stored in the casing of the lighter, more particularly to a pyrophoric lighter of the aforesaid type including a removable magazine for storing spare flints.

The present application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Serial No. 310,788, filed September 22, 1952 which matured into Patent No. 2,737,796 on March 13, 1956.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a member movably accommodating a magazine element for storing spare fiints, the member being adapted to be attached to a conventional pyrophoric lighter and to be operated when attached to the lighter without necessitating any changes in the structure of the lighter.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a conventional lighter having a threaded filler plug for closing the fuel magazine with a member for storing spare flints, the member including a threaded portion which fits into the threaded hole for the filler plug so that the filler plug can be replaced by the said threaded portion, the member having a portion adapted. to receive a flint storing element and to serve as a handle when screwing the threaded portion into or unscrewing the threaded portion from the filler plug hole. 7

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a member for storing spare flints which member can be attached to a conventional pyrophoric lighter having a fuel container and a threaded filler hole in the bottom of the container, a threaded sleeve being inserted in the aforesaid member which sleeve fits into the filler plug hole and means being provided to close the bore in the sleeve.

The novel features whichare considered characteristic of the invention are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The invention itself however and additional objects and advantages thereof will best be understood from the following description of embodiments thereof when read in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a part sectional side view of the bottom portion. of a lighter according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the lighter shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a part sectional end view of the lighter shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 is an exploded view of a detail of the structure shown in Figs. 1 to 3; V

Fig. 5 is a part sectional bottom view of a modified lighter according to the invention;

Fig. 6 is abottorn view of the lighter shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is apart sectional end view ofthe lighter'shown in Figs. 5 and 6;

Fig. 8 is a side view of a sleeve member used in the lighter according to Figs. 5 to 7, a part of the sleeve 6 being broken-off;

Fig. 9 is a top view of the sleeve shown in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a part sectional side view of another modification of a lighter according to the invention;

Fig. II is a bottom view of the lighter shown in Fig. l0 Wllh a part broken off;

Fig. I2 is a part sectional end view of the lighter shown in Figs. 10 and I1.

Referring more particularly to Figs. l to 4 of the drawing, numeral 2 designates the casing of a conventional llgnter of which only the lower part is shown. A hollow member 1 having an outside configuration conforming with that of the casing 2 is attached to the bottom of the latter. A flint magazine element 3 is slldably inserted in the member 1. The element 3 has a plurality of cavities 4 for individually receiving a spare flint 5.

The member 1 containing the flint magazine element is secured to the casing 2 by means of a threaded plug 6 which is rigidly connected with the top of the member 1, preferably at the'center of the top surface. The plug 6 fits into a threaded bore 7 in the bottom of the casing 2, replacing the conventional tiller plug. lne member 1 can serve as a handle for turning the plug 6 when removal of the latter is desired for filling fuel into the casing 2.

For replacing a worn Him the member 1 need be swung onlyto the extent that the conventional plug is retaining a spring 8 in a tube 9 can be removed for pulling the spring 8 out of the tube 9. The spring 8, when in position inside the tube 9 presses a flint in the conventional manner against an abradant wheel (not shown by pulling the drawerlike magazine element 3 out of the ,memoer 1 a spare flint 5 can be taken from one of the cavities 4 and inserted in the tube 9. '1 nereupon tne element a is pushed back all the way into the member 1, the spring 8 is inserted into the tube 9, and the plug o is screwed m place. The member I can now be swung back into its normal position.

'Since normal position of the member 1 relatively to the casing 2 will not always coincide with the position in which the plug 6 tightly closes the opening 7, the plug 6 is preferably so constructed that the relative angular position of the threaded portion of the plug and of the member 1 can be changed. For this reason the plug 6 preferably consists of three parts: a part 11 permanently attached to the top surface of the member 1 and having a splined cylindrical surface portion 11' fitting into a splined interior surface of an externally threaded sleeve iii. The part 11 is secured in the sleeve 10 by means of a screw 12. Removal of the latter affords pulling of the sleeve it! from the part 11 and relative rotation of the sleeve 16 and of the part 11 so that upon reassembly of the plug 6 the thread on the outside of the sleeve 10 is in a diiferent position with respect to the part 11 and the member 1.

In the modification illustrated in Figs. 5 to 9 a member 13 is removably attached to the bottom of the casing 14 of a conventional lighter of which only the lower portion of the casing containing the fuel is shown. One end of the member 13 is provided with a semicylindrical recess 16 into which a cylindrical flint magazine 15 is rotatably fitted, the member 15 rotating on a pin 17 and having a knurled surface portion 15 facilitating manual rotation of the member 15. The latter is provided with a plurality of bores 18 arranged on a circle around the pin 17, the bores 18 being parallel to the pin 17 and adapted to individually receive a spare The'cylindrical magazine 15 and the pin 17 are held in the cavity or recess 16 by means of a plate 30 secured ,to the bottom of the member 13 by means of screws lighter casing designed to receive the conventional filler plug which has been removed. The lowerpart ofthe sleeve 20 extends through a bore .22 in the member 13 and.has a.collar 21 abutting .againsta shoulder inthe bore "22. Asshown in 'Fig. '8 the 'sleeve20 has a bore whose lower part'24 is adaptedto receive a s itabletool for tightening the threaded sleeve'in the. threadedibore 23. The bore 22 is closed by a' threaded plugl'25 serving as afiller plug for the'fuel reservoir in'tlie lighter casing 14. I

For replacing a worn him a plug"27 which is screwed into the plate 30 is removed so that a conventional spring 26 which extendsthrou'gh a tube, 28 in the lighter casing 14 and through one of the bores 18 inthe mag"zine memberTS can be removed through ahole in the member 30 which hole is in line withlthe tube v28 and which is' closed by 'the closure 27. 'The spring'26 presses a flint against an abradant wheel '(not shown) in the conventional manner. The magazine element'lS can now be rotated to align a borefi18 containing a spare .fiint19 with the tube 28 for pushing a new Ifiint thereinto. Thereupon the spring26 and the plug 27 are reinserted.

Whena'll spare'flints in the member'lS are used up the screws 29 and the plate 30are removed,-exposing the lower surface of the member'15'so" that'a newlsupply of flints can beinserted inlthe bores'18'of'the maga zine member 15.

Figs. lto 12 illustrate a modification in which a member 31 is attached to the bottom 'of the casing 32 of a conventionallighter of which onlythe bottom part is shown. The member'SIis secured tothe casing32 in the same manner as the member 13'of' the embodiment of the inventionshown in' Figs.'to 9 is'mountedto the bottom of the lightercasing .1'4. Athreaded sleeve 33 is screwed in the threaded 'bore"36' provided for the filler plug. Thesleeve 'has'a collar34-abutting' against of the spacer portion 41 is smaller than the plates 38 3 and 39 so that a recess is formed allaround the'member 31.1 A plurality of tubes 43are placed' inthe recess 42.

and are adapted to individually receive a spare' fiint. An endless belt 44 is placed between the-plates '38 and 39 which belt covers all the tubes 43. The circumference of the plate 38 is provided withadownwardly extending lip 40 and the plate is'provided-with an upwar'dly extending lip 40'. The belt 44 is placed 'betweenthe lips 40 and 40.

When a new flint is neededa plug 47 is removed from the bottom plate-and a conventional spring- 45. extending through one of the tubes 43.and"through a tube .46 in the lighter casing is removed. The spring 45 presses a fiint against an abradant wheel (notshown) in the conventional manner. The belt .44'can .;now be moved until a tube containing aznew .flint is inlline with'the tube 46 and the new fiint.can be pushed thereinto. Thereupon the spring 45. is inserted into the tube 46 and the plug 47 is screwed into theplate 39. When the supply of spare fiints isjexhausted'thexscrews 481securing the lower plate 39 to the member 31 and the plate 39 are removed so that all tubes 43 are 'accessibleand new flints can be inserted inthe'tubes.

I claim: 1. A pyrophoric lighter .oftheflinbandabradant wheel Ill having a bOl!Om,8. threaded filler hole in -said bottom,

flint storage means including a member outside of and adjacent to said bottom and having substantially the same peripheral configuration as said bottom, a magazine element movably connected with said member and adapted to hold a plurality of spare flints, and plug means connected with saidmember and having a threaded portion fitting into said threaded filler-hole forsecuring said member to'itheoutsiderof the bottom of said casing and closing said filler hole.

2. A pyrophoric lighteras"defined in claim 1, said member rhaving'a cavity,.said magazine element being received in said cavity and having a plurality of receptacles adapted to individually receive a-spare flint.

3. A pyrophoric lighter as defined in claim 1, including a tube extending through said casing, a coil spring inserted in said tube for pressing a flint against an abradant wheelyan opening'in the 'bottom of said casing and in line with said tube, aclosure for said opening, said member being swingable on the longitudinal axis of said filler hole'tor clearingsaid opening andinsertion of a flint into said tube uponremovalof said closure.

4. A pyrophoric lighter as defined in claim 1, includ' inga tiibe-extending through said easingpa coil spring "inserted inasaid tube for pressing a' flint against-an abradant wheelfan opening in' the bottomof said'casing and in line with said tube, a cavity in said member, .a cylindrical magazine element disposedin said cavity revolvable on an axis parallel to-the longitudinal axis' ofsaid filler hole,-a plurality of bores in said elementfor individually receiving a spare fiint,'said bores being placed 'equidistantly of and. parallel to the rotation axis of J said magazine element and adapted to be individuallyplaced in'line with said'tube upon'rotation1df said element, said spring normally 'extending through one of: said bores, a hole-in 'said -memberin line with said tube,and a removable closurefor saidlast mentioned hole.

5. ALpyrophoric lighteras defined lin-claim ;1,:includ.ing 'a'tube extending through said casing,'a coil springcinserted in said'tube'for pressing a flint :against an abradant wheel an'opening in 'the'bottom'of said casingiand in line with vsaid tube, a circumferentialrecess in said member, a plurality of storage tubes placed in said recess for individually receiving .a spare flint, the "longitudinal axis'of said tubes being. parallel tothe longitudinal axis of 'saidfiller hole, an endlessLbelt'cxtending aroundlall of said storage'tubes forhc'ilding the latterzinsaid recess and movingsaid storage tubes. insaid recess .inra direction tat a right an'gleto the longitudinaluaxes of? said storage tubes for individually :aligning said storage tubes with the tube in which said spring is inserted, said spring normally extendingnthrough oneofsaid storage tubes a hole insaid membenin'L-line with said tube inwhich said spring -is inserted,tands.a removable :closure for said last mentioned hole.

screwed into-saidbore coaxiallyof said sleeve, the latter .afiording filling oftuel .into said casing when said filler plug is removed.

RefercncesCitd in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,454.501 Camm Nov..23, i948 2;463',98l Bee Mar. 8, 1949 2,7371796 -'-Mosch Mar. 13,1956 

